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The audience stepped into the shoes of an immigration official in this interactive programme, part of the BBC's Asylum Day on 23 July, 2003. What did they think of the real-life cases presented to them?
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Asylum Day: Face The Nation Face The Nation
The minister for asylum and immigration took part in a TV debate on key asylum issues.
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A Panorama special
A Panorama reporter has posed as an asylum seeker to uncover the realities of the UK's asylum system.
Video Nation
Why are asylum seekers hated? Asylum seekers and refugees in their own words.

In pictures: An asylum seeker's view of her new life in the UKIn pictures
An asylum seeker's view of her new life in the UK
Asylum facts
Who's here and why did they come?

Childrens' stories
CBBC special reports and guides on asylum in the UK

THE BIG QUESTIONS
CASE STUDIES
ASK THE EXPERTS

Are we being swamped?
Some reports suggest the UK is being overwhelmed by asylum seekers - are they right or wrong?
Zimbabwean activist Zimbabwean seeks UK sanctuary
An opposition activist in hiding in Zimbabwe tells BBC News Online why he want to reach the UK and apply for asylum.
Ask Beverley Hughes
The minister for asylum and immigration answered your questions in the Six Forum.

Are we a 'soft touch?'
Are they economic migrants?
Can we afford them?
What about organised crime?
Escape to uncertainty
Refugee feared for his life
River escape from persecution
Refugee stories
Are the media to blame?
Journalist John Torode and Presswise's Mike Jempson took your questions

The asylum seeker
Watch interactive video essay

The former social services manager
Watch video essay

The former immigration officer
Watch video essay


WORLD FOCUS
BACKGROUND
READ YOUR COMMENTS

US-Canada border Canada's refugee policies in flux
A proposed overhaul of Canada's immigration process could herald a move towards a stricter system.
Asylum Day jargon buster
What's discretionary leave? Why is illegal immigrant officially a meaningless term? Find out with our glossary.
Locals and refugees from a Glaswegian housing estate march to show unity after tensions in 2001. Are UK asylum laws working?
Read a selection of your comments and views.

Australia's asylum policy
Australia insists it will not tolerate "queue-jumpers".
How the asylum system works
Attacks and deaths 2001 - 2003
BBC Parliament coverage



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